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Glee

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- O.E. gliu "entertainment, mirth, jest," from P.Gmc. *gliujan. A poetic word in M.E., obsolete c.1500-c.1700, it somehow found its way back to currency late 18c. Glee club is from the secondary O.E. sense of "unaccompanied part-song," as a form of musical entertainment.
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  ~ n 1 a feeling of satisfaction and excitement because something good has happened to you or something bad has happened to someone else  (The kids watched with glee as I tried to catch the hamster.) 2 a song for three or four voices together ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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  Glee is a feeling of happiness and excitement, often caused by someone else’s misfortune. There was much glee among journalists over the leaked letter. = delight N-UNCOUNT: oft with N ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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   noun  Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gleo entertainment, music; akin to Old Norse gly? joy, and perhaps to Greek chleue joke  Date: before 12th century  1. exultant high-spirited joy ; merriment  2. a part-song for usually male voices ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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  n. 1 mirth; delight (watched the enemy's defeat with glee). 2 a song for three or more, esp. adult male, voices, singing different parts simultaneously, usu. unaccompanied. Phrases and idioms glee club a society for singing part-songs. Derivatives gleesome adj. Etymology: OE glio, gleo minstrelsy, jest f. Gmc ...
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  1. веселье; ликование full of glee —- полон веселья she danced with glee when she saw the new toys —- когда она увидела новые игрушки, она заплясала от радости 2. песня (для нескольких голосов, обыкн. мужских, исполняемая без аккомпанемента ...
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  noun  1) веселье; ликование  2) песня (для нескольких голосов) Syn: see pleasure ...
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